Lorain approves $4.3 million in street repairs

LORAIN — Road repairs worth more than $4.3 million will get started soon, according to plans from the city of Lorain.

The city Board of Control, made up of Mayor Chase Ritenauer and Safety-Service Director Robert Fowler, on July 15 approved three work contracts for road upgrades around the city.

Lorain’s Engineering Department has plans for improvements to at least 34 streets this year with an estimated total cost of more than $9.66 million. The projects will be paid for with money from the Street Repair Fund that voters approved as Issue 13 on the November 2012 ballot.

The road repairs were grouped together as projects for contractors to bid on; streets also were grouped based on whether the surfaces will be concrete or asphalt.

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“Bids all came in below the engineer’s estimate, so we were pleased,” said City Engineer Dale Vandersommen. The next step will be to schedule preconstruction meetings for the contractors and then for work to begin, he said.

Kokosing Construction Inc. will replace the asphalt streets grouped together in projects known as Contract B and Contract F.

The company was awarded a contract of more than $1.04 million for the Contract B streets and more than $1.2 million for contract F.

The streets in Contract B are:
• East 31st Street from Grove to Clinton avenues
• East 34th Street from Globe Avenue to Fulton Road
• Globe Avenue from East 32nd to East 28th streets

The Contract E. Streets are:
• Seneca Avenue from East 33rd to East 36th streets
• East 42nd Street from Seneca Avenue to Clinton Avenue
• Gary Avenue from East 41st to East 42nd streets
• Meadow Lane from East 41st Street to its south terminus
• Palm Avenue from Packard Drive to Homewood Drive and East 28th to East 33rd streets

Terminal Ready Mix Inc. was awarded the job known as the South Lorain Pavement Improvements Contract E. The contract amount will be more than $2.05 million for the concrete streets.

The Contract E streets are:
• Seneca Avenue from East 37th to East 42nd streets and from East 28th to East 33rd streets
• Harvard Drive from Homewood Drive to East 39th Street
• Palm Avenue from East 34th to East 35th streets
• Carrie Drive from Clinton to Oakwood avenues
• Oakwood Avenue from Homewood Drive to East 42nd Street
• East 41st Street from Yale Drive to East 42nd Street
• Yale Drive from East 39th to East 41st streets
• East 39th Street from Yale Drive to Harvard Drive

The contract amounts all include an extra 10 percent addition to the engineer’s estimate.

The city adds the extra money to cover unforeseen costs once construction starts, Vandersommen has said.